Recycling Theater: Advanced Recycling Exposed | Pyrolysis, Gasification, and the Biggest Greenwashing Heist Since Carbon Offsets
――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― Recycling Theater Disclaimer This piece is written in cinematic, narrative style. All statistics, recycling rates, plant closures, policy dates, corporate actions, and documented quotes are drawn from public records and cited in the master source list at the end of the story. Opening and closing scenes are dramatized composites of real, verified events — not literal footage of one specific moment or facility. ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― Lights up on a gleaming $1.2 billion facility in Ashley, Indiana — Brightmark Energy’s “world’s largest advanced recycling plant,” 2024. The ribbon-cutting photo is still on the website. The plant has never produced a single food-grade pellet. It has produced 42 million pounds of “recycled” credits sold to Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Unilever. Act I — The Promise (2017–2020) The mechanical system is dying. Flexibles, black plastic, and multi-layers have w...